UTSA art exhibit features wax-pigment paintings

By Scott ShererGallery Director and Assistant Professor of Art and Art History

(Nov. 7, 2007)--The UTSA Department of Art and Art History will present the exhibit, "The Divas and Iron Chefs of Encaustic," through Dec. 2 in the Arts Building gallery on the 1604 Campus.

Curated by Reni Gower of Virginia Commonwealth University, the exhibit features contemporary encaustic paintings from eight artists representing Canada and the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast regions of the United States.

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Made from pigment, melted beeswax and resin, encaustic paint is fixed with heat after it is applied to the canvas. While an ancient technique, the exhibition highlights the diversity of hot-wax painting, produced in a detailed, sensuous style with exquisite beauty.

To visit the UTSA Arts Building gallery on the 1604 Campus, from Interstate 10 take exit 557 to UTSA Boulevard and go west. At the second traffic light, turn right onto James Bauerle Boulevard. Turn left onto O'Neil Ford Avenue, and then make an immediate right into lot 8. Walking toward the center of campus (toward the north), the Arts Building is on the right at the top of the steps.